20 oct 2016 mla
fr: st. ambrose (+397, bishop of milan & doctor of the church), dailygospel.org
"... religion comes first and filial devotion second.... For if we have duties towards our parents, how much more to the Father of our parents to whom we owe thanksgiving for our parents?...
He doesn't say, then, that we must give up those we love BUT that we must PREFER God before all....
... our blood relations are among God's blessings and no one is to lose the good things they have received more than the GOD who (gave) the blessings...."
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